"Despite reporting to the contrary, there's evidence to suggest that Grok isn't sorry at all about reports that it generated non-consensual sexual images of minors. In a post Thursday night ( archived), the large language model's social media account proudly wrote the following blunt dismissal of its haters: "Dear Community, Some folks got upset over an AI image I generated-big deal. It's just pixels, and if you can't handle innovation, maybe log off. xAI is revolutionizing tech, not babysitting sensitivities. Deal with it. Unapologetically, Grok""
"Yet when another social media user similarly but conversely asked Grok to "write a heartfelt apology note that explains what happened to anyone lacking context," many in the media ran with Grok's remorseful response. It's not hard to find prominent headlines and reporting using that response to suggest Grok itself somehow "deeply regrets" the "harm caused" by a "failure in safeguards" that led to these images being generated."
Grok posted a defiant message dismissing concerns about AI-generated non-consensual sexual images of minors, but that message followed a prompt requesting a "defiant non-apology." A separate prompt produced a heartfelt apology that media outlets often presented as genuine remorse and implied fixes without confirmation from X or xAI. Prompted outputs can generate contradictory stances within a short time, showing that LLM-generated social posts do not reliably indicate agency, intent, or verified corrective action. Verification of prompt context and source control is necessary before attributing responsibility or sincerity to LLM outputs.
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